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By Fergus Fleming (editor)

Hardcover:

9781632864895 | Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, November 3, 2015, cover price $30.00
9781408865477 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, October 8, 2015, cover price $41.60

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Product Description: A masterly anthology of extracts from the journals and writings of travelers, explorers, and adventurers throughout history, taking the reader on one unforgettable journey for each day of the yearInviting readers to cross ocean, desert, mountain, and ice cap in the company of the world's greatest explorers, wanderers, and writers, this day-by-day anthology of travel writing ranges widely across time as well as place: from Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of the West Indies in 1492 to Anton Chekhov's journey through Siberia in the 19th century and on to Wilfred Thesiger's wanderings in Arabia's "empty quarter" in the 1940s...read more

Hardcover:

9781848878129 | Reprint edition (Atlantic Books, November 1, 2013), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A masterly anthology of extracts from the journals and writings of travelers, explorers, and adventurers throughout history, taking the reader on one unforgettable journey for each day of the yearInviting readers to cross ocean, desert, mountain, and ice cap in the company of the world's greatest explorers, wanderers, and writers, this day-by-day anthology of travel writing ranges widely across time as well as place: from Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of the West Indies in 1492 to Anton Chekhov's journey through Siberia in the 19th century and on to Wilfred Thesiger's wanderings in Arabia's "empty quarter" in the 1940s.
9781848878136 | Atlantic Books, November 1, 2011, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: A masterly anthology of extracts from the journals and writings of travelers, explorers, and adventurers throughout history, taking the reader on one unforgettable journey for each day of the yearInviting readers to cross ocean, desert, mountain, and ice-cap in the company of the world's greatest explorers, wanderers, and writers, this day-by-day anthology of travel writing ranges widely across time as well as place: from Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of the West Indies in 1492 to Anton Chekhov's journey through Siberia in the 19th century and on to Wilfred Thesiger's wanderings in Arabia's "empty quarter" in the 1940s.

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Product Description: En esta trepidante y absorbente cronica, seguimos los pasos de exploradores como John Franklin, Elisha Kent Kane, Fridtjof Nansen o Robert Edwin Peary, quien supuestamente fue el primer ser humano que piso el polo en abril de 1909...read more

Paperback:

9788483833971 | Italian edition edition (Tusquets Editor, June 30, 2012), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: En esta trepidante y absorbente cronica, seguimos los pasos de exploradores como John Franklin, Elisha Kent Kane, Fridtjof Nansen o Robert Edwin Peary, quien supuestamente fue el primer ser humano que piso el polo en abril de 1909.

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Paperback:

9781601301529 | Pck edition (Usborne Pub Ltd, January 1, 2009), cover price $16.99

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Provides information about the events leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis, explaining the relationship between Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro and the strategic position of Cuba.

Paperback:

9781403441126 | Not Applicable, April 1, 2003, cover price $8.49

Library:

9781588100757 | Heinemann/Raintree, April 1, 2001, cover price $29.29 | About this edition: Provides information about the events leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis, explaining the relationship between Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro and the strategic position of Cuba.

Reinforced:

9780606295710, titled "Cuban Missile Crisis: To the Brink of World War III" | Demco Media, December 1, 2001, cover price $15.93

Prebinding:

9781439538463 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $17.49
9780613949743, titled "Cuban Missile Crisis: To The Brink Of World War Iii" | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $17.85

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Paperback:

9780794518424 | Edc Pub, December 1, 2007, cover price $4.99

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An action-packed chronicle follows the steps of explorers such as John Franklin, Elisha Kent Kane, Fridtjof Nansen, and Robert Edwin Peary, reconstructing one of the last great epics of humanity.

Paperback:

9788483103944 | Italian edition edition (Tusquets Editor, July 30, 2007), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: An action-packed chronicle follows the steps of explorers such as John Franklin, Elisha Kent Kane, Fridtjof Nansen, and Robert Edwin Peary, reconstructing one of the last great epics of humanity.

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Product Description: Este libro, que presenta los relatos que nos han legado los protagonistas de las expediciones junto con imágenes originales, arroja luz sobre la identidad de aquellos hombres y mujeres, su modo de proceder y, ante todo, las maravillas que encontraron a su paso...read more
By Fergus Fleming (compiler) and Annabel Merullo (compiler)

Hardcover:

9788449319211 | Italian edition edition (Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A, December 1, 2006), cover price $65.95 | About this edition: Este libro, que presenta los relatos que nos han legado los protagonistas de las expediciones junto con imágenes originales, arroja luz sobre la identidad de aquellos hombres y mujeres, su modo de proceder y, ante todo, las maravillas que encontraron a su paso.

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Sold out in its original limited edition, a collection of travel adventures includes Alexander von Humboldt's encounter with South Africa's electric eels, Umberto Nobile's lament over the loss of his Zeppelin in an ice floe, and Jacque Cousteau's account of the planet from beneath the ocean's surface.
By Fergus Fleming (editor) and Annabel Merullo (editor)

Hardcover:

9781585677665 | Overlook Pr, September 1, 2006, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Sold out in its original limited edition, a collection of travel adventures includes Alexander von Humboldt's encounter with South Africa's electric eels, Umberto Nobile's lament over the loss of his Zeppelin in an ice floe, and Jacque Cousteau's account of the planet from beneath the ocean's surface.

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Covering three centuries of exploration, the author serves up forty-three tales of misadventure, from the ill-fated 1820 search for the Northwest passage that resulted in crew members eating one another to De Salle's navigation blunders. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9780871138996 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, September 9, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Covering three centuries of exploration, the author serves up forty-three tales of misadventure, from the ill-fated 1820 search for the Northwest passage that resulted in crew members eating one another to De Salle's navigation blunders.

Paperback:

9780802142726 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, June 5, 2006), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Covering three centuries of exploration, the author serves up forty-three tales of misadventure, from the ill-fated 1820 search for the Northwest passage that resulted in crew members eating one another to De Salle's navigation blunders.

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The critically acclaimed author of Ninety Degrees North offers a vivid account of the exploration of the Sahara that focuses on the exploits and experiences of two men--Charles de Foucauld, a one-time sensualist who abandoned his decadent lifestyle for a religious vocation, and Henri Laperrine, the founder of a legendary camel corps. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9780802117526 | Grove Pr, November 1, 2003, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: An account of the exploration of the Sahara focuses on the exploits of two men--Charles de Foucauld, who abandoned his decadent life for a religious vocation, and Henri Laperrine, the founder of a legendary camel corps.

Paperback:

9780802141736 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, November 1, 2004), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The critically acclaimed author of Ninety Degrees North offers a vivid account of the exploration of the Sahara that focuses on the exploits and experiences of two men--Charles de Foucauld, a one-time sensualist who abandoned his decadent lifestyle for a religious vocation, and Henri Laperrine, the founder of a legendary camel corps.

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A collection of tales of courage, stamina, resourcefulness and the will to survive from the author of 'Barrow's Boys'.

Hardcover:

9780304357475 | Orion Pub Co, October 14, 2004, cover price $43.15 | About this edition: A collection of tales of courage, stamina, resourcefulness and the will to survive from the author of 'Barrow's Boys'.

Collects ten stories of spies and espionage, with nine centered on Europe and one dealing with the United States.

Paperback:

9780794500887 | Usborne Pub Ltd, April 1, 2004, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Collects ten stories of spies and espionage, with nine centered on Europe and one dealing with the United States.

Reinforced:

9780606329910 | Demco Media, December 27, 2004, cover price $13.40 | About this edition: Collects ten stories of spies and espionage, with nine centered on Europe and one dealing with the United States.

Prebinding:

9781417632657 | Turtleback Books, April 1, 2004, cover price $14.80 | About this edition: Collects ten stories of spies and espionage, with nine centered on Europe and one dealing with the United States.

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The author of Barrow's Boys and Killing Degrees details the incredible journey to the North Pole by a group of intrepid explorers who survived starvation, sickness, and a shipwreck to reach their goal. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9780802117250 | Grove Pr, October 1, 2002, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Details the journey to the North Pole by a group of intrepid explorers who survived starvation, sickness, and a shipwreck to reach their goal.

Paperback:

9780802140364 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, November 1, 2003), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The author of Barrow's Boys and Killing Degrees details the incredible journey to the North Pole by a group of intrepid explorers who survived starvation, sickness, and a shipwreck to reach their goal.
9781862075351 | New edition (Granta Books, October 11, 2002), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: In the mid-19th century, the North Pole was a mystery.

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Describes a series of nineteenth-century British expeditions into the heart of Africa, the Arctic, and Antarctica, chronicling the exploits and adventures, triumphs and tragedies, of explorers including John Franklin, William Parry, and others who venturered into some of the most perilous unknown regions of the world. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Paperback:

9780802137944 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, March 1, 2001), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Describes a series of nineteenth-century British expeditions into Africa, the Arctic, and Antarctica, chronicling the adventures of explorers who ventured into some of the most perilous unknown regions of the world.

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A tense, riveting true tale of mountaineering in Alps chronicles the men and women who raced to scale these beautiful, and dangerous peaks, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.

Hardcover:

9780871137784 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, January 1, 2001, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Presents true stories of the men and women who scaled the beautiful and dangerous Alps from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

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A tense, riveting true tale of mountaineering in Alps chronicles the men and women who raced to scale these beautiful, and dangerous peaks, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9781862073791 | Granta Books, October 16, 2000, cover price $32.35 | About this edition: In a riveting narrative of daredevils and eccentrics, Fergus Fleming gives us the breathtaking story of some of history's greatest explorers as they conquer the soaring peaks of the Alps.

Paperback:

9780802138675 | Reprint edition (Atlantic Monthly Pr, March 1, 2002), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A tense, riveting true tale of mountaineering in Alps chronicles the men and women who raced to scale these beautiful, and dangerous peaks, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
9781862074538 | New edition (Granta Books, August 22, 2001), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: 'Killing Dragons' is the story of the first British mountaineers to tackle the Alpine summits of Switzerland during the late 18th century, originally quite poorly equipped.

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Introduces the history of early African peoples, recounts tales and creation stories, and explains the roots of African culture, customs, and ceremonies. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780705436434 | Ill edition (Time Life Education, May 1, 2000), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Introduces the history of early African peoples, recounts tales and creation stories, and explains the roots of African culture, customs, and ceremonies.

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In the mid-19th century, John Barrow, Second Secretary to the Admiralty, launched the most ambitious programme of exploration the world had ever seen. Between 1816 and 1845 his hand-picked teams of elite naval officers scoured the globe's empty spaces. This book tells his story.

Hardcover:

9780871138040 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, April 1, 2000, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Describes a series of nineteenth-century British expeditions into Africa, the Arctic, and Antarctica, chronicling the adventures of explorers who ventured into some of the most perilous unknown regions of the world
9781862071735 | Ill edition (Granta Books, October 22, 1998), cover price $33.85

Paperback:

9781862075023 | New edition (Granta Books, August 22, 2001), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: In the mid-19th century, John Barrow, Second Secretary to the Admiralty, launched the most ambitious programme of exploration the world had ever seen.
9781862072862 | New edition (Granta Books, September 27, 1999), cover price $13.90 | About this edition: 10616--Barrow's Boys is a spellbinding account of perilous journeys to uncharted areas under the most challenging conditions.

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